Herb Titus | |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Baker, Oregon, U.S. |
October 17, 1937
Political party | Constitution |
Spouse(s) | Marilyn Titus |
Alma mater |
University of Oregon Harvard University |
Herbert W. "Herb" Titus (born October 17, 1937 in Baker, Oregon), is an American attorney, writer, and politician. He was a candidate for Vice-President of the United States in the 1996 U.S. presidential election on the Constitution Party ticket.
Titus holds a law degree from Harvard University, graduating cum laude, and a B.S. degree in Political Science from the University of Oregon, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
He is an active member of the Virginia Bar and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and District of Columbia and Federal Circuits. He is also admitted to practice in the Army Court of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
After two years as a trial attorney and a Special Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Titus worked as a professor of law from 1964 to 1979 at the State Universities of Oklahoma, Colorado and Oregon. He was "active in various left-wing-based political causes" during this period, including: opposing the Vietnam War, supporting homosexual rights and abortion rights. He also worked with attorneys and clients on a number of constitutional cases in his role as a regional director with the American Civil Liberties Union.